The Pinpointer locates secondary cable faults in direct buried unshielded cables to within inches of the fault, even under snow or frozen ground, at street light circuits, at the meter riser, across driveways, sidewalks or streets.The customers don’t even have to know the exact route of the cable.

1. Operator stands behind probes, so that red probe is towards the Transmitter. When the Transmitter pulses (audible), the Detector's needle moves in direction of the fault on buried cable.

2. Close to the meter riser or location of established ground rod, the Detector shows every Transmitter pulse. Proceed down the route of the buried cable "football chain" fashion, taking readings every 20 to 30 feet.

3. As the user moves down the cable the meter deflections may decrease. This is the "silent detector" feature which prevents locating phantom faults caused by "noise" from adjacent lines.The needle's movement increases again near the area of the fault. Continued the probing.

4. When the user has passed the fault, the meter deflections suddenly reverse and move to the right. The probes are brought close together, about 2 feet apart, and probed again. To be followed the direction the needle is deflecting until the user observes a null reading (no deflections). Marked the spot directly between the two probes.

5. Turned the probes 90 degrees and repeated the process, watching for needle deflections until another null is observed. Marked the spot directly between the probes. This is the fault location.

6. If fault cannot be found, it is adviced to reconnect the Transmitter at the other end of the faulted cable and repeat the process from that end.